JUG

Description: CYLINDRICAL GLASS JUG WITH SLIGHTLY RECESSED BASE. ROUND NECK WITH GROOVE AROUND ITS BASE AND THREADED MOUTH. SMALL SEMI-CIRCULAR HANDLE ON RIGHT WITH COPPER WIRE WRAPPED AND TWISTED AT ENDS. LEFT HANDLE BROKEN OFF. ETCHED ON ONE SIDE "ONE GALLON". RED, GREEN, AND WHITE PAINT SPOTS THROUGHOUT, WITH NUMEROUS SCRATCHES AND MUCH SURFACE DIRT INSIDE AND OUT. C/W THREADED ALUMINUM LID.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, WARNER C. JOCHEM, BORN AT WARNER IN 1909. HIS PARENTS, JACOB AND ADA (COATS) JOCHEM MARRIED ON JANUARY 7, 1903. JAKE CAME TO WARNER FROM MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER (1907?) AND PURCHASED A STORE AND TOOK OVER THE POST OFFICE. HE MOVED HIS FAMILY UP IN 1908, AND BUILT A HOME ON A HOMESTEAD THE FOLLOWING YEAR. MRS. JOCHEM DIED IN 1933, AND JAKE REMARRIED TO MISS NAOMI FRANCES HOLDEN. HE DIED IN 1958. WARNER (SON) MARRIED MARION CROSS OF MINNESOTA AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, JOY ELIZABETH AND KENNETH. MARION DIED OF CANCER IN THE EARLY 1950S, AFTER WHICH WARNER LIVED ALONE. KENNETH MARRIED BEVERLY GALTS AND LIVED IN MILK RIVER. KEN WORKED AT M&R LUMBER, THEN ELLISON ELEVATOR (IN MILK RIVER THEN CARDSTON). THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, LARRY ALAN, MARNIE MARION FRANCIS (DONOR), TRUDY ANN, AND DONNA JEAN. ALL STILL LIVE IN THE AREA. FOR MORE HISTORY SEE THE LOCAL HISTORY OF WARNER AND MILK RIVER.